Breaking the Silence: How Mothers in a Small Ecuadorian Community are Making a Change

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This project was created out of a life long interest that 1 have bad working with
people and helping people who are in need. My goal was to help women who are trying
to make an advancement in their lives and to break the cycle of poverty that they have
always know. However, it is not that easy. Due to societal and economical constraints in
Ecuador, many women are almost forced to stay at home. With the help of CEPIM, we
tried giving these mothers a base to grow from. We provided services that would
hopefully help women create some stability within the home to in turn go out and try to
accomplish something of their own. But before that can be entirely done, the people
within the society also have to change. They need to accept and help women that want to
fulfill their own dreams. If the people in that society are not willing to allow women to
leave the home, then it would be very difficult for women to do it. However, if they can
get themselves to a point of stability then it would be easier for them to join forces and
try to tear down the patriarchal walls. So at CEPIM, we tried helping women find that
stability within themselves and their families.